This post supports a workshop I am presenting to the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies in Silang, Philippines.

Resources for group activities:

Group 1: Biblical Guidance

• What Biblical guidance do we have for the topic of intellectual property and copyright? Here are two verses to get you started:
  • Leviticus 19:13
  • Matthew 10:8
• Bible Gateway

Group 2: Copyright of Other’s Materials

• This is a sampling, please search Google further to answer the questions you generate as a group.
• What is copyright?
• What is the copyright law in the Philippines?
• Australian: What can I copy/communicate?
• Fair use and educational use of non-coursepack materials
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
• Andrews University Copyright Center

Group 3: My Intellectual Property

• This is a sampling, please search Google further to answer the questions you generate as a group.
• What is Intellectual Property?
• Intellectual Property Rights in eLearning
• Who Owns Online Course Intellectual Property?
• Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment
• Database of Intellectual Property Policies at Universities

Group 4: Copyleft

• This is a sampling, please search Google further to answer the questions you generate as a group.
• What is copyleft?
• Copyleft Guide and Tutorial
• Copyright vs. Copyleft: Creative Commons Licenses in Online Education
• Free software and open source applications in higher education

Group 5: Creative Commons

• This is a sampling, please search Google further to answer the questions you generate as a group.
• What is Creative Commons?
• Different types of CC licenses
• Using CC content
• Using Creative Commons content on your blog
• How to search google for “free-to-use” images
• Sample journal CC policy: IRRDOL CC 4.0 (CC-BY) license
• Open Access and Academic Freedom

Group 6: OER: Open Educational Resources

• This is a sampling, please search Google further to answer the questions you generated as a group.
• UNESCO’s Open Educational Resources
• OER Commons
• MERLOT OER resources
• OER University
• GO-GN Global OER Graduate Network

Sample Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies

• Policies are needed for: faculty-created content, student’s use of copyrighted content created by faculty, all faculty and staff use of copyrighted content
• Andrews University Working Policy section 2:383
  • See also Section 1:762:5
  • Andrews University statement at the bottom of all Moodle pages (scroll to the bottom)
  • Online course contract ownership language options:
    • Ownership of Products: The Course Author understands that this course manuscript and all accompanying materials are work made for hire and shall belong exclusively to Andrews University. Andrews University owns all rights and interests in the course for initial and all subsequent publications. Andrews University reserves the right to utilize other Course Authors to edit, revise, or reconstruct the course. The Course Author understands that s/he is not authorized to share or sell or disclose any portions of the course to any entity or individual at any time during its development, upon termination of the agreement, or after the project is completed.
    • Ownership of Products: The Course Author understands that this course manuscript and all accompanying materials are work made for hire and shall belong exclusively to Andrews University. Andrews University owns all rights and interests in the course for initial and all subsequent publications of the course. Andrews University reserves the right to utilize other authors to edit, revise, or reconstruct the course, as needed. However, the author may use the materials for purposes of his or her own instruction in the classroom or to adapt for publication in another form.
• Please also search other institutions to benchmark. For example, search “university name intellectual property policy”.